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Contest rules & regulations

 

U•Snap Studios contest rules and regulations

CONTEST RULES AND DISCLAIMER

Only one (1) winner per contest unless otherwise specified.

U•Snap Studios, its officers, and its staff reserve sole and final judgment as to all matters concerning contests and interpretation of contest rules.

By entering any contest run by U•Snap Studios, you agree to abide by the following terms.

How To Enter/Eligibility

No purchase is necessary to enter our contests. U•Snap Studios officers, staff, and family members are not eligible to win.

Only one (1) contest entry per person, per contest unless otherwise stated.

Entries must be sent using the formats provided and sent to the correct address(es) provided.

Win as many times as you can! We don’t put a limit on your how many contests you can win in a year!

Ensure that your contact information is current and accurate. If we cannot contact you using the contact information you have provided to us or using the information in the U•Snap Studios client database, you forfeit your winner’s status.

Make sure your email filters do not prevent us from contacting you.

Contest Deadlines

Each contest has its own deadline.

All entries must be submitted on or before the time and the date set forth for each specific contest.

Winner Selection and Notification

The odds of winning vary from contest to contest due to the number of entrants and the quality of entries.

All winners will be notified using contact information provided by the entrant or by using the U•Snap Studios database.

The decisions made by the U•Snap Studios, its staff, its officers, or chosen judges regarding each contest are final and binding.

Winner Disqualification

If a winner cannot be reached after a reasonable amount of effort has been made to notify the winner of the prize, the winner forfeits his/her rights to the winning prize.

While we do our best to contact each winner, U•Snap Studios assumes no responsibility to ensure winner response.

General Conditions

No purchase necessary.

All decisions of U•Snap Studios are final. By entering, participants warrant and represent that they agree to be bound by these contest rules and the final decisions of U•Snap Studios

If applicable, all taxes on any prize won are the sole responsibility of each winner, including, without limitation, any federal, provincial, or local taxes, which may be deemed applicable in such winner’s jurisdiction of residence. Winner(s) shall be solely responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes incurred by acceptance and use of the prize(s) (or any portion thereof), if applicable.

All prizes will be made available or delivered to contest winners free of charge.

Contest entrants and winners shall be solely responsible for any travel, accommodation, time off work or other expenses associated with entering contests, claiming the awarded prize, or using the awarded prize.

U•Snap Studios reserves the right to cancel contests at any time for any reason.

U•Snap Studios reserves the right to modify the dates and/or terms of contests at any time without prior notice.

Contests are subject to all federal, provincial and local laws and regulations.

Prizes may not be substituted or transferred by any contest winner and a winner may not receive cash redemption equal to the value of the prize in lieu of the prize.

U•Snap Studios reserves the right to substitute alternate prizes of equal or comparable value.

Prizes are offered “as is” with no written, express, or implied warranty. U•Snap Studios is not responsible for replacing prizes as a result of damage prior to, during or after shipping or events beyond the control of U•Snap Studios.

U•Snap Studios is not responsible for late, lost, illegible, misdirected, mutilated or incomplete entries.

Anyone using fraudulent means to participate and/or win the contest will be disqualified. Anyone attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest will be disqualified at the sole discretion of U•Snap Studios.

U•Snap Studios reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or prematurely conclude a contest should any computer virus, malfunction, fraud, tampering, unauthorized intervention or other cause beyond their control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the contest.

In the event a contest is canceled prematurely for any reason, U•Snap Studios will use reasonable efforts to pick an alternate winner, but in the event an alternate winner cannot be determined, the prize(s) will not be awarded.

Contestant Releases

Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use winner’s name, city, province, name of employer, and winning entry for promotional purposes.

Contest entry constitutes permission to use winning submissions on the official U•Snap Studios website, newsletters, social media, and e-newsletters and its affiliated websites, newsletters, social media, and e-newsletters without further compensation. Furthermore, entry constitutes permission to archive your winning entries indefinitely on any webpage on this website.

Contestants agree that the sole and final judgment as to all matters concerning contests and interpretation of contest rules are at the sole discretion of U•Snap Studios, its officers, and its staff.

Contestants agree that the officers and/or the staff of U•Snap Studios shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to the contests sponsored by U•Snap Studios or any part of this agreement.

Releases/Hold Harmless

U•Snap Studios, its officers, its staff, its affiliates, its advertisers, and its prize donors are not liable or responsible for:

  • any claims, damages, losses, injuries, or death including any third party claims, arising from or relating to, in whole or in part, any contest, including entry and participation in any contest and acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prizes.
  • entries that do not follow guidelines.
  • entries and responses to winner notifications that are illegible, incomplete, late, lost, misdelivered, marked postage-due, or undeliverable.
  • any technical or human errors, malfunctions, failures, etc. resulting in participation of contests.

Prize Releases

U•Snap Studios, its officers, its staff, its affiliates, and its advertisers are not liable or responsible for:

  • donors (sponsors) who do not follow through with delivery of prizes.
  • prizes that are lost in the mail, arrive damage, are defective, or have other unforeseen problems.
  • substituting another prize in lieu of the original prize.

Privacy

Contact information you provide and authorize our access to will be verified and updated in U•Snap Studios’s membership database. We will not sell your address or personal information.